Starting with Environmental Studies Lunch at The Log, to Math and Physics events, then a choice of a free film in the afternoon or French horn recital, on to dinner, another film or the Planetarium, the Theater, or dance performance. And from there one can wrap up the evening dancing to Latin music at Fiesta Dance Night. Who says there’s nothing to do in Williamstown?

Anyway, they all sound great, but I happen to love Dim Sum, so the dinner caught my eye. A little late to be posting about it, but nonetheless I thought I’d mention it as it’s put on by CASO, and will benefit Wokai, both of which I know next to nothing about, so I’m hoping some students will drop by and give us more information.

And, any Dim Sum lovers out there? My favorites are the little curry chicken empanada type tarts, chicken and rice wrapped in leaves of some sort, and those little gummy sesame plum balls. I don’t know the names for any of these tasty treats, so please someone, feel free to fill me in me.

19 Responses to “Dim Sum and Then Some”

I remember with great gusto eating dim sum in Hong Kong, but not on one of the boats in the harbour. This was a place of the people, 5 stories of pushed carts. Gwailo’s were quickly escorted to the third floor. But even there it was the din of clashing plates and the constant Cantonese chatter of lunch-hour diners that added to the treats on the cart. Indeed the whole was greater than the sum of the parts.

Good thing I am eating lunch as I type or I’d be mad :). I Also loooooove Dim Sum. My faves are the puffy white balls with pork filling, and any sort of shrimp / shark / lobster / seafood / balls, especially in the semi-transluscent wrap. Oh, and sticky rice. Yummmmmm.

Y’all are making me really miss home right now… Flushing (where I once lived) has great dim sum places all over the place, but the town I live in right now actually has a nice dim sum brunch restaurant which is always filled with Chinese families on Saturday and Sunday brunch.

A side note: Mission dining hall has been serving pork dumplings that are actually not bad at all.

@parent 12: it’s not what you’d get in Chinatown, for sure, but it gets a lot of points in my book simply for being a Chinese restaurant within walking distance of Williams. And it’s open fairly late by Williamstown standards.

In fact, inspired by this thread, I ventured out in the slush today to what is supposedly the best Chinese restaurant in Park Slope. Maybe their real cook didn’t come in today because of the weather, but it was awful. Dumplings shouldn’t taste mostly of flour! :(

It would depend on who you talk to, I guess. Each dining hall has its specialty. Driscoll is known for having more vegetarian/vegan friendly options, Greylock has the advantage of its deep-fryers, Dodd is known for the best atmosphere, Paresky has central location and portioned meals, and Mission is convenient for Mission kids and reliable with their pizzas.

I don’t know what Tomatoes Tigers and California Pies are, but it’s possible that the Dining Hall serves them under another name. Most of the stuff I’ve eaten here don’t have special names, except the desserts…

Dodd used to be the “international” dining hall, with an international theme dinner every week. Some of these were better than others. It was, in my time, a default gathering place for the international club. I also recall that Newman and other minority student orgs would gather there.